They were more or less easily dismissed as trial balloons.

他们之前的举动多少可被看作是试验性的。

That Mulan is the trial balloon for this release as opposed to, say, Black Widow — to name another derailed Disney release — is suspect and another weight on the back of an already overburdened film.

花木兰是本次上映的试映气球， 而不是《黑寡妇》——这是另一个出轨的迪士尼上映——令人怀疑， 而且对一部已经不堪重负的电影来说又是一个沉重的负担。